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How to delete a thread on LSE in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 15, 2010

Megan Hill13 said:give freedom back to Lowe's! 🙂

So, you think "freedom" just means having the right to post whatever absolute nonsense you want? Yeah, no. Lowe's is finally being moderated properly, which is good because it isn't just some trash heap full of endless chat spam anymore.

If you're that desperate to just talk trash and chat all day, go hit up Chatroulette or something. It's never boring there.

Same goes for everything else—Reddit isn't a chat service. That’s not what it’s for; the whole point of a forum is the opposite of a constant chat stream. We allow chat threads, we even have a specific sub-forum for it, but the rest of the site wasn't built for that. Your average user doesn't want to wade through mountains of stupidity, bickering, and garbage just to find one useful piece of info.

And anyone who starts calling the mods fascists is gonna end up on the wrong side of the ban hammer.

Moderators on US and LJES in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 14, 2010

Look, since the start of this month you've already had three posts nuked, and honestly, all three were taken down for perfectly valid reasons.

Do Zionists dominate here too? in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 14, 2010

This is just stupid on so many different levels. 🤦

Maybe you should head over to a gardening forum if you want to talk about this kind of stuff.

Gift Giving Season in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 9, 2010

So, I was gonna kick this whole thing off by saying "hey, tell Maminhov to..." but honestly, he’s probably lurking right here anyway, so... 👋 Maminhov.

Look, the way Maminhov acted—the stuff that got him a permanent ban in the first place, plus the whole relentless thing with making clone accounts to dodge it—that's not just some minor detail. It's not like his old behavior on the forum was any better either.

But, since the F1 moderators have been pushing for this, we decided to give him one more half-chance, but there are rules.

The Best F1 driver asked if you could be allowed back into the F1 subforum starting at the beginning of the season (March 1st). We’re going to say yes, but you need to get this straight—from then until the end of the season, you’ll only have access to the F1 section.

You gotta stay on your best behavior during this time, and once that trial period is over, we might consider lifting the ban on the rest of the forum.

Hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 9, 2010

Morgan Rodriguez57 said:whatever... I guess tomorrow I can look forward to all the posts about religion—you know, like how the old administration used Christianity just to mask their corruption, or how those political assassins are forced to say their prayers at night, or how some politician tramples people because he thinks "Christian values" give him a pass to be reckless... yeah, can't wait... 👍

Sure thing. But honestly, I don't know how you haven't gotten bored of this yet...

Now go ahead and stop making mistakes.

Hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 9, 2010

Morgan Rodriguez57 said:you religious types just don't want to admit when it happens...

And honestly, even us admins can't see anything resembling incitement or hate speech here.

If this is hate speech 🤦

Formal complaint and feedback regarding Eve's moderation in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 7, 2010

Man, you’re honestly getting on my nerves now. You’re totally twisting everything both Sash and I said, and I don't even know what else we can tell you.

So, consider this a lesson learned—don't go posting photos online if you can't handle people tearing them apart or just straight-up trashing them. There's nothing sacred on the web, no matter how much you want there to be, and that's just how it works on this forum. Period.

Some smart guy on here said a long time ago, if you're gonna play in the dirt, expect to get dirty or something like that. Just let that be your North Star for talking online from now on. Think twice about what you drop on this forum or anywhere else on the internet, and ask yourself if you actually have the skin thick enough to deal with the criticism and the jokes.

Formal complaint and feedback regarding Eve's moderation in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 7, 2010

granitemarlin77 said:Why even bother posting photos of your home on a thread meant for that if you're just looking to insult people, belittle them, provoke them, or spit on them?.....

Yeah, exactly. Like, nobody can call you an idiot, but they totally can say "your house is laid out like a pigsty, it's ugly and filthy." Seriously though, if you only want positive vibes, don't even bother putting your stuff online.

Look, I made my stance clear when I posted the photo, I've said it plenty of times. Honestly, I don't give a damn about it.

See, you could've just said you wanted everyone to tell you you're the next Jesus of interior design, and we could've just ignored that too. You don't get to set rules for the users or the mods. That's strictly our job as admins.

Everyone has a right to their opinion, but nobody has the right to insult, provoke, or belittle others, or egg them on to do the same. They just don't have that right.

Insulting a person? No. Insulting someone's stuff? Oh yeah, absolutely.

I can and I should, because like I said, it's my right—just like it's yours, or at least it ought to be—to defend myself from insults instead of encouraging them by how I act and write...☕[

Man, you really just trying to argue for the sake of arguing? I already told you, it's allowed. It's part of the forum policy. If you think you can live with that, then fine. If you don't like it, well, there are plenty of other forums on the web.

Formal complaint and feedback regarding Eve's moderation in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 7, 2010

granitemarlin77 said:Look, you don't have to care, but I do. My home is my sanctuary, man. I defend it just as fiercely in peace as I would in a war. Nobody gets to disrespect it or trash it or whatever. Like I said, it's a basic human right, and honestly, it's practically written into the Constitution.

Great. Seriously. If you're so protective about people disrespecting your space, maybe don't post pictures of it online in the first place? People are free to say a bedroom looks like a Barbie Dreamhouse, or a living room looks like Conan’s bathroom, or a kitchen looks like a candy shop. Once you put those photos on the internet, you've basically signed off on it. It's too late now, though. You just gotta deal with it.

I haven't insulted anyone. I haven't called anyone a fool, an idiot, or a loser... that's just not how I communicate. And I haven't been hanging around here forever, unlike those posts being quoted that the mod totally ignored.

Yeah, sure. You were just pushing everyone's buttons. That's your whole style.

I don't insult anyone, I don't disparage anyone, and I don't disrespect anyone's home. So nobody is going to disrespect me or mine.

Yeah, they will. And they should. There isn't a damn thing you can do about it.

Formal complaint and feedback regarding Eve's moderation in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 7, 2010

granitemarlin77 said:And also mellowraven22, look, whether we're talking war or peace, out on the street or just hanging out in this digital world, face-to-face or through a screen, nobody—and I mean absolutely nobody—has the right to disrespect me or my home. There isn't a single person, forum user, mod, or admin... anyone who insults me or my place that I won't absolutely tear apart. I'll go scorched earth on them. It's my basic right, period. Even if you bring up the Constitution and the sanctity of the home, nobody can stop me from defending what's mine.

And I'll say it again: nobody has the right to insult me or my house, calling it some "green bakery" or whatever nonsense. If someone does that, I'm coming for them, no matter who they think they are or where they say it. I don't give a damn about their status or their authority. ☕

Same goes for us, too. We have every right to kick someone off this forum permanently in those cases. Because honestly? We don't care about the "sanctity" of your house.

Get it through your head: you have zero right to disrespect people.

How do I contact an admin? in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 7, 2010

I'm here. What's on your mind?

Gift Giving Season in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 6, 2010

Mamin knows exactly what needs to happen for him to come back, and if he decides to play by those rules, he'll be back before next Christmas🙂

How can you tell if a user is a clone? in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 6, 2010

Alright, enough is enough. Some people had a blast, others definitely didn't.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Dec 1, 2010

Man, just like I thought, politics has totally bled into this thread 🙂.

northerntiger said:All I'm saying is, in debates like these, maybe chill out on the heavy insults you use to label political opponents. You can argue a point without being a jerk, which is pretty much what we try to do here 😁

QFT. It’s not just you, dustypuma5, it’s everyone else too—we’re the ones making this forum what it is, and the mods have to adapt to us, not the other way around. Sure, the moderators can steer a conversation or stop things from turning into a total shitshow, but they can't force someone to actually have some culture or respect.

We could attempt to level up the discussion over at Politics , but for that to work, we'd have to leave all our sacred cows, raw emotions, and slogans in the pantry.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

dustypuma5 said:Can I call you mellowraven22?

Active Infraction ( points: 35)
Just trolling
Expires
18:15 28.12.2010.
Left By
Ryan Vaughn7
18:15 28.11.2010.

So, turns out we still have sacred cows after all. 🙂

Yeah, you're right. This isn't even trolling. Honestly, this is way below the bar for this forum and deserves way more than 35 points.

At first though, I thought you were just messing with me—like you took some old sticky post and just swapped out the names 🙂. Those kinds of posts are totally worthless; there's nothing worth saving in them, just pure, mindless hysteria. Plus, they show you clearly don't get what an actual debate looks like, and there's zero political literacy or class involved. It’s basically the same nonsense as those "patriotic" idiots we love to make fun of.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

lonehawk172 said:Just open up that controversial thread about Mason—the one you linked in your first post—and start reading from the very beginning. Seriously, within just five pages, you’ll run into several people getting warnings, and later on, getting banned entirely, simply because they were talking about Mason and Pusićka the same way Ryan Vaughn7 talks about Gotovina.

So I took a look at the first ten pages or so, and honestly, I don't see anything wrong with it. They've just cleared out the off-topic stuff, posts attacking the authors instead of actually discussing the topic, and some general slogans, plus a bit of random chatter, but nothing else. A few posts did get warned for being blatant ad hominem attacks (like this one).

As for those PDF threads, politics and the stuff on the edge, let me give you some examples.

Look, again, everything seems fine to me. I might handle things a little differently if it were my call, but from what I can see, the actual relevant topics stay in politics, while all the ranting and half-spammy threads have been moved over to the edge.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

lonehawk172 said:The Reds ban anyone who dares to write anything against Mason or Pusić,

Alright, fine, I'll give you a shot—prove it. Show me ten posts that got banned just because they mentioned certain politicians in a bad light. Obviously, if they were deleted and you can't see the actual posts anymore, you can just drop links to the pages where they used to be, since I can still see them on my end. Since this supposedly happens all the time like you claim, it shouldn't be any trouble for you at all.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

Look, you just don't follow every single thread on PŽK and you haven't dealt with all those annoying daily headaches, so you honestly have no clue what I'm talking about.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

dustypuma5 said:Honestly, I was wondering the same thing—why did lonehawk172's post get nuked?

Because I'm getting pretty sick of that usual whining, you know? That whole "ohhh, we can't say anything about this group or that group" routine. We already spent like four hours straight going in circles on those exact same topics, so there’s really no point in cluttering up this thread with the same old nonsense again.

The Edge's aggression on the politics subforum. in Feedback & Suggestions · Nov 30, 2010

dustypuma5 said:Alright, let's just roll with it and say everything is crystal clear by your standards.
But you guys gotta admit too that calling Gotovina some kind of degenerate criminal is just super tacky, and honestly, when it comes from a moderator, it's even worse.

So what if someone finds it tacky? If you can't handle it, you either gotta deal with it or just leave. There are no sacred cows on this forum.

Posts like this do nothing for his reputation and they're an insult to all the people who actually fought under Gotovina's command. It's pretty disgusting, really.

Man, look, posts trashing the Republican Party (just using that as an example—I know you get it, even if others don't) insult their voters. Trashing Josipović insults his supporters. Trashing AT&T insults their shareholders. Trashing certain political groups insults religious folks. Everything offends someone, so I'm telling you again: there are no sacred cows here.

edit: lonehawk172 — this isn't the place to debate Gotovina or push your own political agendas, which is why I wiped those posts. And I'll keep doing it because, if you'll excuse me, I'm tired of repeating the same old "arguments" we've chewed over a hundred times already.